AT&T Sounds Out EU on Impact of NSA Role

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson met with the European Union's top telecom regulator in Davos last week, as the giant U.S. carrier continues to look into a possible acquisition in the region.

At a dinner Tuesday night during the annual gathering of top executives and political figures in the Swiss resort town, Mr. Stephenson asked Commissioner Neelie Kroes how revelations of data-gathering programs conducted by the National Security Agency would affect the ability of companies like AT&T to do business in...